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U.S. Marine, Army and Navy Units, Ships in Book I U.S. Marine, Army and Navy Units, Ships in Book I U.S. Military Units in Vietnam (mentioned in this book) U.S. Army Americal Division 82nd Airborne 1st Calvary Division Huey Loach 95th Medical Evacuation Hospital Special Forces (Green Beret) U.S. Marine Corps 1st Marine Division 1st Marine Regiment 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, (1968) 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment S-1. (2/1 Administration), S-2, (2/1 Intelligence) S-3, (2/1 Operations) Headquarters & Services Co. Echo Co. Echo 1, (1st Platoon) Echo 1-1 Echo 1-2 Echo 1-3 Echo 2, (2nd Platoon) Echo 2-1 Echo 2-2 Echo 3, (3rd Platoon) Echo 3-1 Echo 3-2, Echo 3-4 Fox Co. Fox 2-3 Golf Co. Golf 1-2 Golf 2 Golf 2-4 Golf 3-1 Golf 3, (1968) Hotel Co. Hotel 1 Hotel 2 Battery A and B of 1st Battalion, Battery F of 2nd Battalion, Battery C of 4th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment (artillery) Company C, 1st Tank Battalion 1st Engineers Battalion 3rd Counterintelligence Team, (CIT) 3rd Interrogation-Translation Team, (ITT) 5th Marine Regiment 1/5 Command Group, (1967) Delta Co., 1/5, (1967) Delta Co., 1/5, (1969) 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, (1967) Fox Co., 2/5, (1968) Golf Co., 2/5, (1968) Hotel, Co., 2/5, (1968) Kilo Co., 3/5, (1967) Lima Co., 3/5, (1967) Mike Co. 3/5, (1967) 7th Marine Regiment 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (1967) 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (1967) India Co., 3/7 India 2-2, 3/7 India Co., 3/7 Lima, Co., 3/7, Mike Co., 3/7 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion 1st Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Recon Teams’ Activities Covered, 1969/1970 Team Elk Skin, (1970) Team Flakey Snow Delta (1970) Team Rush Act, (1970) Team Stone Pit, (1970) Team Take Out, (1970) 1st Force Reconnaissance Battalion 26th Marine Regiment 26th Marine Regimental Headquarters 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment cantonment Headquarters & Services Co., 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment (1970) India Co., 3/26 (1968) Kilo Co., 3/26 (1968) Lima Co., 3/26 (1968) Mike Co., 3/26 (1968) Combined Action Force Headquarters (CAF/CAPs) Combined Action Platoon, (CAPs) Combined Action Platoon, (CAP) 275 Combined Action Platoon, (CAP) 276 Combined Action Platoon, (CAP) 277 Combined Unit Pacification Program, (CUPPs) Force Logistic Support Group, (FLSG) Force Service Regiment, (FSR) U.S. Marine Air Wing 1st Marine Air Wing Marine Air Group-12 Marine Air Group-16, (MAG-16) Marine Air Control Group-28, (MACG-28) Marine Wing Support Group-17, (MWSG-17) HML-167, Comprise, (Huey slick) HMM-161, Cattle Call, (CH-46D) HMM-262, Chatterbox, (CH-46D) HMM-263, Peachbush, (CH-46D) HMM-363, Lucky Red Lions, (1967), (UH-34) HMM-364, The Purple Fox, (CH-46D) HML-367, Scarface, (AH-1G) HMH-463, Dimmer, (CH-53) VMO-2 3rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. Hotel Co., 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment (1968) S-3 Mike Co., (1968) United States Military Academy, (USMA), West Point, New York United States Naval Academy, (USNA), (Annapolis, Maryland) U.S. Navy 1st Medical Battalion Hospital 1st Medical Battalion Neuropsychiatric Clinic U.S. Navy SEALS USS Maine USS Repose, (hospital ship in Da Nang Harbor) USS Sanctuary, (hospital ship in Da Nang Harbor) USS Yorktown .
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